[Yum] Specifying alternate path to RPM database directory

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 00:43 -0600, Albert Chin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:10:20PM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:35 -0600, Albert Chin wrote:
> > > Has anyone modified yum to accept an alternate path to the RPM
> > > database (rpm --dbpath=<path>)? If so, are the patches available?
> > > 
> > > If not, would patches be accepted for inclusion into yum?
> > 
> > Before patches would be included I'd need an explanation for what
> > problem it would solve. Where/why are you relocating your rpmdb and
> > why would you need yum to access it?
> 
> We have customers installing our RPM packages that prefer to keep them
> in a separate database. Our RPM packages never depend on system RPMs
> so we can get away with it.
> 
> It's fine if the patch isn't accepted. We'll just maintain them
> locally for the version of YUM we provide.


How do they resolve all the deps they need to install their software if
they're using a separate rpmdb?

-sv